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MILITARY POWER BROKERS -- The army has a low profile, but great influence. Page A9. A MIXED LEGACY -- Suharto fostered strong economic growth, and staggering graft. Page A9.
Tobacco lobby pulls off suprising public relations coup and wins round in Congress, thanks to major advertising and lobbying campaign that frames tobacco legislation as assault on working people who cannot afford higher taxes on cigarettes, rather than as way to curb teen-age smoking; US Chamber of Commerce commercial shows harried waitress asking why she should be singled out; Senate postpones vote until after recess, move that both sides say is short-term victory for industry; other ads feature 'man on the street' interviews with bill opponents and refrains about 'big government'; American Cancer Society counters with modest ad in which Dr C Everett Koop advises Americans to consider the source of such attacks (M)
New York City takes decisive measures to thwart angry taxi drivers planning day-long disruption; police block cabs without passengers from entering Manhattan, ring City Hall with barricades and follow chanting crowd of drivers marching from midtown to downtown; photos; drivers, battling proposed regulations, file Federal lawsuits charging violation of civil rights; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani defends forceful response; quotes anonymous flier instructing drivers on how to 'make Manhattan a parking lot'; drivers are angry over 17-point plan, especially proposed 30-day suspension of hack licenses of drivers who accumulate six penalty points, two traffic infractions, in 18 months; Giuliani has won public favor by citing essential reason: to cut down on reckless driving and discourtesy (M)
Article on Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek in view of upcoming Eastern Conference finals between Sabres and Washington Capitals; photo (M)
Autos on Friday column on European car manufacturers' little-known program that offers customers in United States opportunity to buy their cars abroad, often saving 5 to 10 percent of sticker price, and import them back to America, perhaps after using them for a vacation; Federal and state tax collectors warn that some people also try to use European delivery of a car to get around Federal luxury taxes or state sales taxes, which can add hundreds or thousands of dollars to bill; table show programs offered by various European manufacturers (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 20, 1998, covering May 22, 1998.
Garth Brooks
Dave Matthews Band
Soundtrack
LeAnn Rimes
Tori Amos
1998Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model[†]
Samile Bermannelli is a Brazilian fashion model. Bermannelli was born in Salvador, Bahia and was discovered by entering a local beauty contest sponsored by O’Boticário and Mega Model Brasil her first agency in Brazil.
1998John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (born 1926)[†]
John Derek was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He was also known for launching the career of his fourth wife, Bo Derek.
1998José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1910)[†]
José Enrique Moyal was an Australian mathematician and mathematical physicist who contributed to aeronautical engineering, electrical engineering and statistics, among other fields.
1998A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.[†]
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to American political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government. The Secret Service was, until 2003, part of the Department of the Treasury, due to their initial mandate of combating counterfeiting of U.S. currency. The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]